Rollin' with Leo explained

Rollin' with Leo
Type:	Album
Artist:	Leo Parker
Cover:	Rollin' with Leo.jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	October 12 & 20, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:48
Label:	Blue Note LT 1076 BST 84095
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Leo Parker
Prev Title:	Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
Prev Year:	1961

Rollin' with Leo is the second, and final, album as a leader by American jazz saxophonist Leo Parker, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars and calling it "a wonderful portrait of this unsung but brilliant player, whose huge, sad, but almost impossibly strong tone always felt like it carried the world on its shoulders".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Leo Parker except as indicated

1. "The Lion's Roar" - 4:54
2. "Bad Girl" (Conover) - 6:17
3. "Rollin' with Leo" - 6:25
4. "Music Hall Beat" (Illinois Jacquet) - 4:56
5. "Jumpin' Leo" - 4:30
6. "Talkin' the Blues" - 6:30
7. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:41
8. "Mad Lad Returns" - 4:35

Recorded on October 12 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 20 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), 1961.

Personnel

• Leo Parker - baritone saxophone
• Dave Burns - trumpet
• Bill Swindell - tenor saxophone
• John Acea - piano
• Stan Conover (tracks 3 & 4), Al Lucas (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8) - bass
• Wilbert Hogan (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), Purnell Rice (tracks 3 & 4) – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#bst-84095 Blue Note Records discography
2. Leggett, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=rollin-with-leo-r145165|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 9, 2010